Painting a Mountain Stream in Gouache

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  • čas přidán 4. 05. 2020
  • I paint rapids in a Catskill Creek using gouache colors-while practicing social distancing. Topics include:
    • Casein underpainting
    • Palette of colors
    • Lay-in with a brush
    • Anatomy of stream rapids
    • Tips for realistic foam
    • Dealing with changing light
    GOUACHE AND WATERCOLORS
    Yellow ochre: amzn.to/2SfXc2O
    Pyrrole red (gouache): amzn.to/2KX4TZn
    Hooker’s green: amzn.to/2ufLtcy
    Anthraquinone blue: amzn.to/2WrK1h8
    Dioxazine purple: amzn.to/2z9WdLQ
    Titanium white (gouache): amzn.to/2XSOld4
    Richeson casein set (underpainting): amzn.to/2L02U6R
    BRUSHES AND OTHER ART SUPPLIES
    Richeson travel brush set: amzn.to/2xwq1Rr
    Richeson “Grey Matters” brush set: amzn.to/2YeNO0P
    Goat hair mop: amzn.to/2RQrPwk
    Water cup: amzn.to/2soTw2L
    Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: amzn.to/2L989y2
    Cotton rag (a clean, discarded t-shirt, towel, or cloth diaper will do)
    Newest tutorial video: GUMROAD (HD download or lifetime streaming): gum.co/color1
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    CUBEBRUSH (HD download): cbr.sh/mk6vg3
    DVD: kunaki.com/msales.asp?Publishe...
    BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY:
    Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: amzn.to/2JhWtfc
    Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: amzn.to/2LbVHhc
    Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: amzn.to/2xyamRM
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    Facebook group "Color in Practice" / 160510955315435
    Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders" / 403006076777641
    Some of the links are affiliate links, for which I receive a small payment, with no cost to you.

Komentáře • 220

  • @dandeliondew
    @dandeliondew Před 4 lety +93

    I really appreciate the slowed-down video in the middle of the video with the technical terms for the river. I also really enjoyed the comparison of the fast-shutter speed camera image of the river, the video recording and then your painting. The commentary on capturing what we see, through our eyes, is a great way to end. :)

  • @AtlasZero13
    @AtlasZero13 Před 4 lety +158

    I'd be scared to walk around with that mask on in the woods , in fear of getting shot lol

  • @evennathanz9873
    @evennathanz9873 Před 4 lety +67

    You sneaky man you, your videos all ways has a adventurous feel to it and I love it I brought some gouache the other day because your videos and your way of painting has inspired me to try new things in art.

    • @janusg8680
      @janusg8680 Před 4 lety +3

      I also began on gouache because of Gourney's videos. So difficult a media at the start - wouldn't have thought I am beginning to love it. Can't wait for tomorrow to continue painting on an outdoor view from by bedroom window.

  • @MindfulAttraction2.0
    @MindfulAttraction2.0 Před 4 lety +35

    i've been elearning just watching you paint mr gurney!!!! and i bought your book so i don't become a freeloader o:)

  • @chungah_5537
    @chungah_5537 Před 4 lety +34

    You’re awesome James, you know that right?

    • @janusg8680
      @janusg8680 Před 4 lety +9

      I suppose he knows - but I also think he is a humble man. All what we have are blessings - we can't thank ourselves for them.

    • @chungah_5537
      @chungah_5537 Před 4 lety +1

      Janus G words of wisdom.

  • @DamienThouvenin
    @DamienThouvenin Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for the videos. They’re always very impressive but, added to that, I find that over the time they become more and more humanistic, either through humorous tricks or through your voice-over comments that are half philosophical half poetic like in this video. I’m beginning to look forward to these comments on art and the world even more than to the painting content in itself, though I still awe at the painting demos and immensely revere your talent. Thank you master ;-)

  • @alexclark1394
    @alexclark1394 Před 4 lety +67

    Hi James, any chance you will begin selling prints from paintings you’ve made in recent videos? Keep up the good work! I love this content!

    • @KitKatToeBeans
      @KitKatToeBeans Před 4 lety +8

      Would love to own some prints! But I’m also hoping he releases another book as well.

    • @fapjack887
      @fapjack887 Před 4 lety +7

      @@KitKatToeBeans His color and light & imaginative realism books are a treasure. I refer to them all the time. So I definitely hope he makes another book

  • @bizybee8192
    @bizybee8192 Před 4 lety +2

    I love watching he's art slowly become the final painting, just watching blotches of color slowly turn into a masterpiece it's amazing.. it's like drugs for my eyes.

  • @dianeo
    @dianeo Před 4 lety +1

    You can really feel the movement of the water in this painting 6:58. Lovely. Smooth obviously enjoying his outing and not bothered by the mask LOL.

  • @seapossumsforrest8162
    @seapossumsforrest8162 Před 4 lety

    Love the painting. Love the mask and steam punk glasses! You make it look so easy. I figure binge watching you I will learn how to be a better artist. Thank you for posting!

  • @TheCataclysmTonyEarley

    I think the painting was awesome. I'm a few years into teaching myself, no formal art school. I have learned a lot watching you paint just a couple of times. Thanks.

  • @jonisolis9645
    @jonisolis9645 Před 4 lety

    ❤️ That mask! That lovely painting! ❤️ Thank you!

  • @undeadwerewolves9463
    @undeadwerewolves9463 Před 4 lety +6

    I'd love a tutorial on making an awesome mask like that! I was just gonna draw on mine but yours is 3D!
    Beautiful painting as always though!

  • @suemew
    @suemew Před 4 lety +9

    Watching you paint literally cures my migraines. Welcome back, painting hero! I LOVE the editing in this video 💖

  • @grandpa_eric
    @grandpa_eric Před měsícem

    I respectfully disagree James with your last statement about locking in the effects/ changing light and dancing water, is out of your reach. In my opinion, you handled it masterfully. I’m blown away by your skills, and humble demeanor about it all. You’re so good.

  • @suebrown3465
    @suebrown3465 Před 4 lety +4

    I’m always impressed with your paintings. I love the way you narrate your instructions and techniques. Take care ❤️ 🇨🇦

  • @timothyperkins331
    @timothyperkins331 Před 3 lety

    Thanks Gurnito, this was a pleasure to watch

  • @essietangle9931
    @essietangle9931 Před 4 lety +5

    When started the video, I thought Smooth would really like this. Then you snuck him in for us, sorry the water was too cold. After finishing the video, I better understand why painting moving water is so hard. Thank you for the video..

  • @christopherreisenbichler2506

    Loved the palette you started with here. Always blows my mind a little when Purple+Green do work together to make a decent blue.

  • @AliRadicali
    @AliRadicali Před 3 lety

    I'm a huge advocate of using white gouache to add highlights to watercolour sketches and paintings. It's amazing how much of a sense of depth and realism you can achieve with a few specks of opaque white on a watercolour painting.

  • @TheStugbit
    @TheStugbit Před 4 lety +1

    Great work mr Gurney! It is just impressive how you manage to get so much transparency with gouache, which is a quite flat paint. Added to the water transparency, and light fluidity, the stream feels like it is really moving in your painting.
    And it is nice to see dry brush on paintings as well, I'm used to dry brushing tecnique when building model kits.
    Regards.

  • @DClean
    @DClean Před 4 lety +7

    James ! Thank god, youre back. This is just what I needed. Keep The Hudson Valley safe ! All the best.

  • @Raima_Is_Lovely
    @Raima_Is_Lovely Před 4 lety

    That mask is AWESOME! And so are your art skills!!!

  • @berika6
    @berika6 Před 4 lety

    I don’t know why but that rocks you stood on looked so nice!

  • @deborahfinney313
    @deborahfinney313 Před 4 lety +3

    I love the way this one came together. I just got a guache set. After watching your videos I think I'm going to like it a lot. Thank you for teaching us!

  • @shadowlands339
    @shadowlands339 Před 4 lety

    Your Dinotopia books were a huge part of my childhood.

  • @phil_the_swede
    @phil_the_swede Před 4 lety

    Everytime you upload a video you help me calm down after a rough workday. All the stress and whatnots just, melts away. Perhaps you surface the inner painter in me, as some of my late heritage were painters. The most famous was Helmer Osslund who captured the Swedish northern and was/is referred to as the ‘Lapland’s Gauguin’. How awesome wouldn’t it be if you interpret his style in your own way? Cheers and thanks ❤️

  • @johncollado1151
    @johncollado1151 Před 4 lety

    Hi James... no worry about social distancing there. Stay safe.

  • @art_julio_lancis
    @art_julio_lancis Před 4 lety +1

    Gorgeous painting 👏 🖌️so fabulous friend 👍 💯

  • @bdan9541
    @bdan9541 Před 4 lety

    as a new yorker, these videos really get me pumped to explore and paint! It's so awesome what you can capture just by changing your perspective.

    • @JamesGurney
      @JamesGurney  Před 4 lety +1

      Great to hear! This was painted at Kiskatom Creek upstream from Riedelbauer's near Cairo, NY.

  • @jmc2501
    @jmc2501 Před 4 lety

    A true artist... Thank you for your insight... You capture the spirit.... So well done

  • @aartadventure
    @aartadventure Před 4 lety

    Glad to see you are well and getting out to paint a little! Another wonderful video!

  • @JeffLafferty
    @JeffLafferty Před 4 lety +1

    Great piece James

  • @tamasmihaly1
    @tamasmihaly1 Před 4 lety

    Your paintings are absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing your vision.

  • @sherryroberts7716
    @sherryroberts7716 Před 4 lety

    Absolutely gorgeous, James! I wish I had the patience to paint as you do. So sweet that you took your dog with you!

  • @Primitive29
    @Primitive29 Před 4 lety

    I just bought my first watercolor sketch booklet. Thank you for all these videos - they are amazing!

  • @lorraineedgell5409
    @lorraineedgell5409 Před 4 lety

    Awesome tutorial on site. Thank you, James. Enjoy your videos. immensely! So much value in these short videos Appreciating your generosity. Wishing you joy. :)

  • @scottderrick8166
    @scottderrick8166 Před 4 lety

    Great video as usual! You captured the rock colors beautifully.

  • @artgeometrix6346
    @artgeometrix6346 Před 4 lety +2

    This is a really cool painting. The depth, textures all great

  • @whatapieceofwork
    @whatapieceofwork Před 4 lety

    Always such a high standard. Purchased Color in Practice and cannot wait for the next edition.

  • @jenj.8176
    @jenj.8176 Před 4 lety

    Another wonderful video. Thanks James!

  • @lililuluism
    @lililuluism Před 4 lety

    Thanks James. Nice work. You're too humble.

  • @willnwill4054
    @willnwill4054 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful as always. Love the composition.

  • @Chacestreet
    @Chacestreet Před 4 lety +1

    Too neat to watch!

  • @matthewjamestaylor
    @matthewjamestaylor Před 4 lety

    I love your sense of color. Great painting. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

  • @vllad74
    @vllad74 Před 4 lety

    Thank you James! It was super enjoyable and helpful as usual!

  • @tobynsaunders
    @tobynsaunders Před 4 lety

    I did a similar painting of a little waterfall in the Appalachian Piedmont in a watercolor class and I got to about your halfway point, James, and then I called it a day (due in part to time constraints). I now see what beauty can come from pushing further; my impression of watercolor has improved due to your work. Thanks for sharing.

  • @MisterBigDave
    @MisterBigDave Před 4 lety

    That’s an awesome place, I photographed it years ago to make some watercolors from. Thanks! Love it!!

  • @mechadebzilla
    @mechadebzilla Před 11 měsíci

    We are capturing nature through the filter of our own consciousness.

  • @alisonhendry2928
    @alisonhendry2928 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant as always!

  • @geraldskinner63
    @geraldskinner63 Před 4 lety +1

    Love the impression of reflective light on those rocks James! It will be 96 here in Nor Cal by Sat, all dogs will be dipping.

  • @damanichildrey84
    @damanichildrey84 Před 4 lety

    Bet his paint balls are huge. Amazing how he can capture everything in such detail.

  • @thomasweatherford5125
    @thomasweatherford5125 Před 4 lety

    Another beautiful piece!

  • @lotusphere6
    @lotusphere6 Před 4 lety

    Reminds me of home. Thanks for sharing your amazing painting. Interesting pallet too. I will have to try it sometime.

  • @jmartin_og
    @jmartin_og Před 4 lety

    I like this video it provides a sense of relaxation that I find wanting this afternoon. Thank you and I would like to see you paint more water features

  • @bruceosborne1892
    @bruceosborne1892 Před 4 lety

    Awesome job James.

  • @TeagueChrystie
    @TeagueChrystie Před 4 lety

    It seems like you're almost a mite disappointed by the disfortune of the changing conditions, for the lighting and water; the resulting piece is quite lovely! And in any case, the as-always-envisioned 'purple-ness' adds a lot of interest, f'ya ask me. I dig the painting.
    EDIT: Also, bought two of your wonderful videos last week - absolutely fabulous, highly recommended to everyone else. A note to others, if you [like me] love the work Gurney's doing: Don't make the mistake of thinking, "hey, this great [free] channel is more than enough; I don't need to spring for the full video purchases." Just as impressively above-status-quo as James' CZcams channel is, these instructional documentaries are equally above-status-quo, in my opinion. It's like the CZcams channel, but more, and more in-depth, with wonderful effort for demonstrations and education. Great. Thanks again, Mr. Gurney.

  • @seamusmccann2341
    @seamusmccann2341 Před 4 lety +1

    BEAUTIFUL

  • @tracyhickman1359
    @tracyhickman1359 Před 4 lety

    You are so brilliant, that mask! And hope f course the painting! 😍

  • @DavidHarrington
    @DavidHarrington Před 4 lety +1

    Looks so fun

  • @eyaldror
    @eyaldror Před 4 lety

    So great ,thank you James

  • @greenmacaroni8872
    @greenmacaroni8872 Před 4 lety +1

    Hi James, I’ve been so inspired by you that I bought some casein paint and a nice set of gouache paints. I have to tell you that I have had so much fun painting with them! Thank you for sharing your wonderful and inspiring work. Julie 😊

  • @elisabethseeger5837
    @elisabethseeger5837 Před 4 lety

    I love that one, and so enjoy all your videos, thank you!

  • @Gothikah
    @Gothikah Před 4 lety

    This inspired me to go outside and actually paints 1 of the streams or wood area here in the forest.

  • @judithslawter372
    @judithslawter372 Před 4 lety

    Wonderful as usual!

  • @brucefrazeur3172
    @brucefrazeur3172 Před 4 lety

    Wow, that's all came out....amazing and thank you.

  • @nguyentai464
    @nguyentai464 Před 2 lety

    love your drawing ,always

  • @daverichards5625
    @daverichards5625 Před 4 lety

    Thanks so much for sharing, you are an inspiration to so many.

  • @CoreyLansdell
    @CoreyLansdell Před 4 lety

    Just beautiful stuff! Amazing. Great video.

  • @Danioscu
    @Danioscu Před 4 lety

    Idk how I found your channel, but now I love it :)

  • @aneelab4803
    @aneelab4803 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful as usual

  • @jkell42
    @jkell42 Před 4 lety

    You are the man James!

  • @RMB.Atelier
    @RMB.Atelier Před 4 lety

    I'm always so happy when I get a notification about a new James Gurney vid! I love the chroma in the whites and the transparent water looks like a jewel! 💓 The initial palette reminds me of a modified Zorn palette.. which I use too but with Payne's grey for the black (purple in this case). Anyway, love it and thank you!

  • @scatterbrainart
    @scatterbrainart Před 4 lety

    Another outstanding video. You are a legend and an inspiration!

  • @Schatzie10s
    @Schatzie10s Před 4 lety

    Thank you sir for another wonderful, insightful video. You’re the best! Also, thanks to you & your wife for the great video of painting your son’s girlfriend making masks. It was that video, and that mask pattern, that finally got my butt in gear to make them, correctly.

  • @kingslavd661
    @kingslavd661 Před 4 lety

    That's beautiful.

  • @joycebutler3494
    @joycebutler3494 Před 4 lety

    Amazing and beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

  • @garetkonigsfeld2
    @garetkonigsfeld2 Před 3 lety

    Looks like you grabbed it perfectly to me thanks for sharing

  • @kajambihan
    @kajambihan Před 4 lety

    That frame at 0:28 would be a good painting. :)

  • @freshmilk7122
    @freshmilk7122 Před 4 lety

    I really like his paintings

  • @margotbrown4956
    @margotbrown4956 Před 4 lety

    james, thank you, I have recently discovered you!!! i love this work! I am getting a sketch book tomorrow.

  • @MarcelHardingArt
    @MarcelHardingArt Před 4 lety +1

    love the mask and the painting

  • @sonyadeantonio
    @sonyadeantonio Před 4 lety +1

    I love the mask! So creative

  • @painter662
    @painter662 Před 4 lety

    That was a beautiful sketch.

  • @fayeandco
    @fayeandco Před 4 lety

    Reminds me of one of my favorite Wyeth paintings, called 'The Carry'! I'm still fumbling with color, but find your videos calming and remind me to carry on :)

  • @RLDSTUDIO
    @RLDSTUDIO Před 4 lety

    Beautiful work.

  • @Primitive29
    @Primitive29 Před 4 lety

    that quarantine gear is savage!

  • @scrappysinger
    @scrappysinger Před 4 lety

    I love it!💝

  • @scarz1951
    @scarz1951 Před 4 lety

    Another great job. You da man!

  • @tomv4876
    @tomv4876 Před 4 lety

    Amazing job

  • @alejandrotrevino4310
    @alejandrotrevino4310 Před 4 lety

    Nice James..nice job..congratulstions buddy......regrards from Baja California Mexico.!!!

  • @ZaiyaFineArt
    @ZaiyaFineArt Před 4 lety

    I was just there two weeks ago! That area is so beautiful! I wanted to paint but there were people there while I was there did not have time to do so I used to live super close to where you are!

  • @esmeraldaleon147
    @esmeraldaleon147 Před 4 lety

    Gracias James very good❤

  • @rayvensix1652
    @rayvensix1652 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @neeruda1980
    @neeruda1980 Před 4 lety

    James, you reminded us of Halloween with that mask :) Thanks a lot for sharing this beautiful painting in this gloomy phase.

  • @aaayoRamirez
    @aaayoRamirez Před 4 lety

    Amazing!!!

  • @noreenlatimer8193
    @noreenlatimer8193 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful

  • @tallartguy
    @tallartguy Před 4 lety

    Every time I watch one of Mr. Gurney's videos I see thumbs down votes? Who does this?! These videos are so informative and inspiring!

  • @Shofargirl1
    @Shofargirl1 Před 4 lety

    Great job ! Like it very much!🌹

  • @changodesurfer
    @changodesurfer Před 4 lety

    It’s perfect